The ultimate gauntlet of popular music is upon us once again: it's Grammy season, and this year, the competition is pretty tight across the board. Big ticket A-listers like Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar, and Lady Gaga occupy three of the four big categories (Song, Record, and Album of the Year), while folks like Olivia Dean, Lola Young, Leon Thomas, and Addison Rae duke it out in Best New Artist.

On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie, Nate, and Reanna take a look at the "big four" categories, and stump for their respective frontrunners in order to predict who will be taking home a golden phonograph (or two).

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Songs discussed:

• Bad Bunny – DtMF
• Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
• Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
• Kendrick Lamar – squabble up
• Olivia Dean – Nice To Each Other
• Olivia Dean – Man I Need
• Lola Young – Messy
• Addison Rae – Headphones On
• Addison Rae – New York
• Addison Rae – Fame is a Gun
• Kendrick Lamar, SZA – luther
• Billie Eilish – WILDFLOWER
• HUNTR/X – Golden
• Chappell Roan – The Subway
• Kendrick Lamar – tv off (feat. lefty gunplay)
• Justin Bieber – ALL I CAN TAKE
• Bad Bunny – NUEVAYoL
• Bad Bunny – VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR
• Bad Bunny – LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii
• Bad Bunny – LA MuDANZA

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